Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Herr Sleeman kommer ( Mr. Sleeman Is Coming ), a television movie directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1957, stars Bibi Andersson as Anne-Marie, a young woman living with her aunts Bina (Naima Wifstrand) and Mina (Jullan Kindahl). To reduce living expenses, these two old women have arranged with the county manager, Herr Sleeman (Yngve Nordwall), to marry their far younger niece to this old bachelor, "...second in importance to the governor." Anne-Marie, naturally, isn't thrilled. She's to meet Sleeman the next morning at eight o'clock; per his letter to the aunts, he'll stop by and ask her to marry him. The aunts coach Anne-Marie on how to greet him, saying he's "...infinitely welcome." Infinity and the finiteness of minutes and hours running out on Anne-Marie's freedom show frequently on the clock face in the living room. Anne-Marie's true love interest, Walther (Max von Sydow), shows up after the aun...